Fish lure



' May 7, 1935. A. c. ACCETTA FISH LURE FiledJan. 11, 1933 Patented May7, 1935 UNITED' 'STATEST PATENTZ OFFICE... I if s igpoogggi V 1 ."F S Ii1 AnthonyZCQAccetta;Cleveland Ohio, i? I Ap o Jaime, iQaQseriaino;651,172 I l sol-aims. rane e t t I eether, they resemble a: buginappearance,

The invention relates to fish lures. 1. The objects of the. inventionare: tojprovide an improved lure which'has wing-like members to cause itto glide or sail through the airwhen 5 it is cast; to provide animproved artificial lure which will-be life-like-as it is being.retrieved in the water or While trolling; to providexa spoon-like bodywith flexible membersiproject-e in; from,the sidesjthereof which will'protect the hook or hooks from weeds; toprovidean improved artificiallure which comprisesfa spoonlike bodycomposed of .units: which are'flexibly and detachablyglinked together for 'con'joint use and which canbe separated for use in catching diflerent species of 'flsh; toprovidean improved lure which can be reversed end to end to causethebait'totravel near thesurfaceg r in deep. water; and other objectswhich will appear from the detaileddescriptionsp .thebody-section oi the.spoong Fig.5: is .a [perspective of the head-section of the'spoonbefore the flexible lure has been attached -thereto.-

The'inventionis exemplified ma lure with a spoon-like body comprising ahead-sectionjm formed of plate-metal and dished orqconcaved downwardly,fiaredrearwardly, and ,ak-rear or body-section or eye H for connectionto the fishing-line and with a hole or eye liadjacent. its rear margin.Flared tongues l3, integral with the plate forming head-section 40,.project laterally. from the sides. of said plate to form supportsforfiexible wing-members l4. Each umember I4 consists of a group ofbucktail fibre or feathers. secured to said tongues bysuitable:wrappings l5 so as to form a substantially.iiatlaterally projectingflexible wing. These membersproject laterally and dihedrally from thehead-section l0 similarly to the wings of anaeroplane; to causethe lureto glide or sail through the rairiwhen the lure is cast. These members Mare flexed backwardly when the spoon is drawn throughthe water, so. theywill serve to deflect weeds from the hook behind the spoon.

Therearor.bodyfsectionifli is dished or concaved downwardly and flaredre'arwardly with its sides in substantial continuationof the sides ofthe plate [0. The rear of section I6 is w. round.- When the sections areconnected to- 0 The invention consists in the several novel- Ieatureshereinafter'jset forth andl in o re particu 1 16 also formed ofplateemeta'ln Section I0. is provided at its front with ayhole g cast,the laterally and. upwardly-projecting tongues and flexible fibres l4,will act like wings from the hooks.

Plate lfijis provided adjacent its; front end ;.with a hole [1. A splitspring-ring l8 is adapted Y "to be passed through the hole l2 intheheadsection In and the hole] ll in the. bodyesection l6 and forms. afiexible. or pivotal. connection which permits' free relativetransverseand lon gitudinal'movements of the. sections; This ;-fr.eedomfl of relative movement causes the sections to-rnove relatively .toeach otherzwhile the gjlure is being drawn through the water;.andgivesgita life -like faction; A hole l I is formed adjacent the .reanendof-section l6. Afdouble; upstand ing fish-hook 20 is removablyandflexibly; cured {to the tail of the plate 'lfi by .a,,spli tsp'ringering 9 which. is passed through thehole Is and the connecting.eye2l of thehook 29. e A split spring-ring 22 is -passed-gthrough thehole n at the front nd: .thefheadrilatejlll for connection to a fishingline. I i desiredf a may be 'used in advanceof the head section.

The fishing line maybe connected to angeye at the front. end of therod); ormaybe connected directlyto ring .22 if the-spinnerjisdispensed"with. .-j dispense with the; weight; of body-sectionfli. Thehook 20 is connected directly totheplate Hiby the split springring l9'and'the bodysection -l6..is eliminated as shown in Fig. 2. This producesa lureiwhich is suificiently light for light fly-.rod*-;fish1ng:.Whilepossessing-sub ficient weight for castingt I 'The spinnerand rod 241 can'be disconnected from theisplit springring 22. I v

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the double book 20 to. fold forwardlyfind over the plate Hi. -When thelure strikes the; water backward and during retrieving is. automatically'andsinks before retrieving," the. 'hook isfolded straightened outbehind the plate. Asi'the. lure; passes through the water, theflexible,., bucktail members will flexibackw'ardly;to deflect; weedsWhen the lure is used connected'sections 10,16, 5 showninFig. nin

wings M will act similarly in caus'ing the lure; to glide through the,air. during the! cast. I he,

sectionsand. hook will straighten :out..-as.athe I lure isv drawnthrough-the water. :The flexible ,members l4 will, as the lure is drawnthrough the water, flex 'backwardly and deflect'weeds from the hooks.The lure with both sections spinner 24 w fe rear 9 12-51 througn. hich.the split springqi e connected, as it is drawn through the water, willresemble a complete live bug in appearance, the sections being free toswing transversely relatively to each other.

The plateforming the section ID, has: a narrow and round front end andis approximately flat and itsrear end is wide and downwardly convexedwith its rear edge arcuate, so that when the lure is used, asillustrated in FigS... 1.

and 2, the. forward pull upon the plate ID will have no substantialtendency to sink the lure in the water, thus causing it to travel on, ornear the surface of the water. ing section Ill is provided withholesil-and I2, and this permits its reversal from end to end so thatthe flared end will be forward or nearest the fishing line and so'thatthe hook 20 can be connected by one of the split rings to the reducedend of the plate. This will bring the downwardly dished wide end ofsection 1U at the front or nearest the line, so that the arcuate frontend will act as a scoop and cause the lure to be drawn downwardly in thewater, for deep fishing. The rear section 16 may also be directlyconnected to the line when a heavier section is preferred without thewings, and it-may also be reversed by changing the book from the wideend to the narrow end and attaching the line to the wide end.

I The invention exemplifies a lure with a spoonlike body formed ofplates flexibly and detachably connected together so that they may beused conjointly or singly; in which one of the plates is provided withfiexible wings extending laterally and dihedrally to cause the lure toglide or sail'through the air Without substantial rotation whichstabilizes the lure in traveling throughthe air and also causes it toland on the water right-side up; in which either section isreversibleend to end and has its respective ends shaped to cause it .totravel toward or from the surface of the .water; and which is readilyadapted to be changed for difierent kinds The invention is not to beunderstood as restricted to the particular details set forth, sincethese maybe modifiedwithin the scope of the appended claims, withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention; Having thusdescribed-theinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is; v

1. In an artificial lure, the combination of a spoon-like bodycomprising front and rear sections, a flexible and detachable connectionbetween the sections, means at the front end of the front sectionwherebyit may be connected to a fishing line, and flexible wings projectinglaterally from one of thesecti ons.

2. In an artificial lure, the combination of a body formed of a platehaving sides divergent substantially from end to end'and its narrow endsubstantially flat and its wide'end dished,-

The plate formbeing adapted to direct the plate to the surface of thewater and the wide end when foremost being adapted to direct the platedownwardly in thewater, integral laterally projecting lugs on the plate,fibrous wings secured to said lugs and projecting laterally andupwardly, and a detachable hook adapted to be connected to either end ofthe plate.

4. In an artificial lure, the combination of a plate-like bodycomprising front and rear spoon-like sections having their sidesdivergent substantially continuously from the front to the rear endsthereof, both sections being downwardly concave substantially from thefront to the rear ends, the contiguous rear edge of the front sectionand the front edge of the re'arsec tion'being: substantially alignedlongitudinally, a detachable; and flexible connection between thesections, means for connecting a line to either the front section or therear section, and a hook adapted to be connected to either the frontsection or the rear section.

5. In an artificial. lure, the combination of a plate-like bodycomprising front and rear spoon-like sections having their sidesdivergent substantially continuously from the front to the rear endsthereof, a detachable connection between the sections, meansforconnecting a line to either end of the front section or the front of therear section, fibrous wings projecting lat'er ally from the frontsection; and a hook adapted to be connected to either end of the frontsection or one end of the rear section.'

6.:In an artificial lure, the combination of a plate forming a'bodyprovidedwith means at one end for connection to a line, a hook connectedto its other end, and a pair of lugs integrally formed with the plateprojecting laterally and upwardly from its sides, and a pair ofsubstantially fiat flexible wings of fibre fixedly secured to the lugsand extending upwardly and laterally from the sides of the plate forcaus-. ing the body to glide through the air; m 7; In an artificiallure, the combination of a plate forming a body provided with means atone end" for connection to a line, a hook connected to its other end,and a pair of lugs integrally formed with the plate projecting laterallyand upwardly from its sides, a pair of substantially fiat flexible wingsof fibre for causing the body to glide through the air and wrappingssecuring the inner ends of the fibers to the lugs. 8. In an artificiallure, the combination of a plate-like body comprising front and reardownwardly concave sections, the contiguous rear edge of thefrontsection and the front edge of the rear section being substantiallyaligned longitudinally, a flexible connection between the sections,means for connecting a line to the front end of the front section,laterally and upwardly projecting lugs on the front section, and a hookconnected to the rear end of the rear section.

ANTHONY o. AcoE'rTA.-

